precast concrete, plywood,particle board,veneer,laminated board etc.

1. ARTIFICIAL
CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS
CREATED BY
Ms.P.S.GONJARI

2. PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS

3. Various precast concrete
products:
1)Hollow concrete blocks
2)Solid concrete blocks
3)Pavement blocks
4)Balustrades

4. Hollow Concrete Blocks
Those units which have core-void
area is greater than 25% of their total
area are known as hollow concrete
blocks.

9. Hollow Decorative Blocks

10. 1. High quality,Strenth,uniform shape & size.
2. Energy efficient.
3. Eco-Friendly & Environment Friendly.
4. Constructed both In factory or on site.
5. Smooth finish offers saving of cement plaster
6. Hollow space in blocks makes masonry soundproof, heat
proof & damp proof.

11. 1. Used in load bearing structures, low rise
residentials,office building,bunglows,shulter units for
rural or row housing, institutional buildings,godowns etc.
2. Also used in framed structures like high rise apartments,
market complexes, hospitals & hotels etc.
3. paving blocks for road walkways.
4. Garden walls.
5. For decorative constructions.

12. A masonry unit whose net cross-sectional area in
every plane parallel to the bearing surface is 75%
or more of its gross cross-sectional area measured
in the same plane.

15. Concrete Block Making Machin

16. 1. For load bearing structures.
2. For row houses.
3. For heavy load constructions.
4. For temporary housing.
5. For compound wall constructions etc.

17. A flat stone used to pave a pathway,
such as a walkway to one's home is
nothing but pavement blocks or paver
blocks.

18. Pavement Blocks;

20. 1. For road walkways.
2. For pool desks.
3. Airports or Loading docks etc.
4. Parking areas.
5. Garden areas.
6. kids play ground.
7. Petrol pumps etc.

21. A baluster is also called as spindle or stair stick.
Baluster is moulded precast concrete product.

24. A balustrade is a row of repeating balusters i.e. small post which
supports the upper rail of a railing.

27. 1. Decorative purpose.
2. For Protection of kids.
3. For railing supports.
4. For residential buildings like bungalows.
5. Historical palaces.

28. A type of strong thin wooden board consisting of
two or more layers glued and pressed together
with the direction of the grain alternating.
or
a structural material consisting of sheets of wood
glued or cemented together with the grains of
adjacent layers arranged at right angles or at a
wide angle.

29. Made by gluing together thin
sheets of veneers.
Outermost plies termed as face
& Inner plies as a core.
Due to arrangement of plies in
layers kept at right angle
1. Shrinkage is less
2. Strength remains same in
all directions.

32. 1. Making interior furniture for various units.
2. False ceiling.
3. Manufacturing of doors, shutters.
4. For making chairs tables ,kitchen furniture.
5. Partition walls.
6. Office cabins.
7. Formwork for concrete.
8. Paneling of walls.

33. any of various composition boards formed from small
particles of wood, as flakes or shavings, tightly
compressed and bonded together with a resin.
or
It is an engineered wood product manufactured from
wood chips, sawmill shavings, or even sawdust, and a
synthetic resin or other suitable binder, which is
pressed and extruded.

35.  It is cheaper, denser.
Particle board or chipboard is manufactured by mixing wood
particles or flakes together with a resin and forming the mixture into a
sheet.

38. 1. For making notice board in schools, college, offices.
2. For making low grade furniture.
3. Used as a substitution for plywood for saving money.
4. Used for insulation for walls
5. For roofing & flooring cover.

39. A thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser
wood or other material.
A thin layer of decorative wood used to cover a cheaper
material.
It hides unpleasant or unwanted inner layer of wood.
It is thinner than 3mm.
It is obtained either by "peeling" the trunk of a tree or by slicing
large rectangular blocks of wood known as flitches.

40. Wood Veneer

42. Thin sheets of veneer

45. Applications:

49. 1. Used in manufacture of plywood.
2. Decorative, attractive, pleasant, purpose.
3. Elegance.
4. Interior furniture works.
5. For face cover of doors.

50. Laminated board is a multi-layered solid board that is
finished with Kraft papers.
Laminated board is highly resistant to moisture making.
It is ideally suited for fruit and vegetable packaging,
where products are packed wet or stored in damp
conditions.

51. Various layers of laminated board:

53. Applications:

56. 1. For making flush doors at entrance.
2. For heat and sound insulating materials.
3. For making partition walls panels.
4. For making tables and benches in class rooms and offices.
5. Due to light weight and waterproof property it is used as a
door for WC and Bath.
6. For decorative purpose.